The Board has remanded the case due to additional development being necessary, including a new VA examination for the service-connected hernia disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative indicated that his chronic pain may be attributable to nerve damage incurred during his herniorrhaphy, which was not assessed by the previous examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- left inguinal herniorrhaphy with residuals, chronic orchialgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20080973
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Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and denied increased ratings, but granted service connection with an effective date of January 16, 2018, and a TDIU beginning April 18, 2017.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic orchialgia, status-post varicocelectomy, has been rated at 10 percent since January 11, 2008. The VA examination conducted in June 2012 did not show significant localized scrotal pain and the condition does not impact his ability to work.
- Denied
The Veteran's left testicle condition and chronic orchialgia are not deemed to be related to VA treatment, as the cause is attributed to surgical complications rather than carelessness or negligence on VA's part.
- Denied
The veteran's initial claim for a compensable evaluation for chronic orchialgia, status post varicocelectomy, is denied as his disability does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under VA's rating schedule.
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